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Exchanging human bodily material : rethinking bodies and markets / Klaus Hoeyer.

<p>"Transnational surrogacy--the creation of babies across borders--has become big business. Globalization, reproductive technologies, new family formations and rising infertility are combining to produce a 'quiet revolution' in social and medical ethics and the nature of parenthood. Whereas much of the current scholarship has focused on the US and India, this groundbreaking anthology offers a far wider perspective. Featuring contributions from over thirty activists and scholars from a range of countries and disciplines, this collection offers the first genuinely international study of transnational surrogacy. Its innovative bottom-up approach, rooted in feminist perspectives, gives due prominence to the voices of those most affected by the global surrogacy chain, namely the surrogate mothers, donors, prospective parents and the children themselves. Through case studies ranging from Israel to Mexico, the book outlines the forces that are driving the growth of transnational surrogacy, as well as its implications for feminism, human rights, motherhood and masculinity"--Back cover.</p>

Babies for sale? : transnational surrogacy, human rights and the politics of reproduction / edited by Miranda Davies.

<p>"Commodified Bodies examines the social practice of organ transplantation and trafficking and scrutinises the increasingly neoliberal tendencies in the medical system. It analyses phenomena such as the denomination of human body parts as "raw materials" and "commodities," or the arguments used by the proponents for a free market solution. Moreover, it argues that modern medicine is still linked with its religious roots. The commodification of body parts is seen not as an imperialistic act of the market, but as the end of a historical process as the notion of "fetishism" links the market with the body. Marx's concept of commodity fetishism and Sigmund Freud's theory of the perverted use of objects are modified and adapted to the reconstruction of the joint beginnings of market and medicine"-- Provided by publisher.</p>

Routledge studies in science, technology, and society

Routledge studies in science, technology and society

Commodified bodies : organ transplantation and the organ trade / Oliver Decker ; translated by Steven Rendall.

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Commodification

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Exchanging human bodily material : rethinking bodies and markets / Klaus Hoeyer.

Babies for sale? : transnational surrogacy, human rights and the politics of reproduction / edited by Miranda Davies.

Commodified bodies : organ transplantation and the organ trade / Oliver Decker ; translated by Steven Rendall.

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Commodification

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Exchanging human bodily material : rethinking bodies and markets / Klaus Hoeyer.

Babies for sale? : transnational surrogacy, human rights and the politics of reproduction / edited by Miranda Davies.

Commodified bodies : organ transplantation and the organ trade / Oliver Decker ; translated by Steven Rendall.

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